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缚

fù

HSK 6 Character Traditional 縛

What 缚 means

1. to bind
2. to tie
3. Taiwan pr. fú

Example sentences

• 我想她想要的是束缚与支配。
  Wǒ xiǎng tā xiǎngyào de shì shùfù yǔ zhīpèi.
  I guess she's into bondage and domination.

Words starting with 缚

• 缚手缚脚fù shǒu fù jiǎo(idiom) to be bound by too many restrictions
• 缚鸡之力fù jī zhī lì(lit.) the strength to truss a chicken (idiom); (fig.) slight physical strength

Words containing 缚

• 束缚shù fùto bind; to tie up; to fetter; to shackle
• 捆缚kǔn fùbondage
• 棕缚zōng fùpalm fiber; rope of palm fiber; coir (coconut fiber)
• 绑缚bǎng fùto tie up; to bind; to tether
• 吊坠缚diào zhuì fùstrappado bondage
• 吐丝自缚tǔ sī zì fùto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising…
• 自缚手脚zì fù shǒu jiǎoto bind oneself hand and foot
• 手无缚鸡之力shǒu wú fù jī zhī lì(lit.) lacking the strength even to truss a chicken (saying); (fig.) weak…
• 袒缚tǎn fùto surrender after baring oneself to the waist and tying one's hands behind
• 作茧自缚zuò jiǎn zì fùto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising…
• 造茧自缚zào jiǎn zì fùto spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising…
• 束手缚脚shù shǒu fù jiǎosee 束手束脚

Characters built on 尃

These share the phonetic component 尃 (fū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 溥pǔextensive; pervading

Characters that look like 缚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 膊bóshoulder; upper arm
• 搏bóto fight; to combat; to seize
• 蝉cháncicada
• 嫦chángused in 嫦娥; used in female given names

Sounds the same

Read fù, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 副secondary; auxiliary; deputy
• 复to go and return; to return; to resume
• 附to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 负to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on
• 付to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things
• 富rich; abundant; wealthy
• 父(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation…
• 傅(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 妇woman
• 覆to cover; to overflow; to overturn
• 赋poetic essay; taxation; to bestow on
• 咐used in 吩咐